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Samuel M. Wilson, Chair EPS 1.130, Mailcode C3200 • 512-471-4206

Liza J Shapiro

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Liza J Shapiro

Professor

Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook

Contact

E-mail:
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~lshapiro/
Phone: 471-7533
Office: EPS 1.136
Campus Mail Code: C3200

Interests

Primate evolution and functional morphology, locomotion.

Biography


Recent Publications:

(2007) Whitcome K.K., Shapiro L.J. and Lieberman D.E. Fetal load and the evolution of lumbar lordosis in bipedal hominins.  Nature. 450:1075-1078.

(2007) Shapiro L. and Raichlen D. Primate gaits and arboreal stability: A response to Cartmill et al. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.  133:825-827. 

(2007) Shapiro L. Morphological and functional differentiation in the lumbar spine of lorisids and galagids. American Journal of Primatology.

(2006) Shapiro L, and Raichlen D. Limb proportions and the ontogeny of quadrupedal walking in infant baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Journal of Zoology.

2005 Shapiro L, Seiffert C, Godfrey L, Jungers W, Simons E, and Randria G. Morphometric analysis of lumbar vertebrae in extinct Malagasy strepsirrhines. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128:823-839.

2005 Shapiro L, and Raichlen D. Lateral sequence walking in infant Papio cynocephalus: Implications for the evolution of diagonal sequence walking in primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 126:205-213.

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